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The Deakin outdoors outlet on Powell St. in Vancouver (between Vic and Commercial) had that kinda stuff a little while back. If not I had luck finding Garmin holders and wiring at the Backpacker store directly across Broadway from MEC. If not maybe GPS central in Call Gary? Hope this helps.

Did the cord actually break? I know some of them have a fuse in them that can be replaced. It would be in the end that plugs into the cigarette lighter.

Yep - the fuse blew on my Garmin car adapter, and the darn thing cost about 4 bucks. I tried sticking a piece of an old screw in, and blew the cigarette lighter fuse in the car. Good thing I'm not an electrician!

Ta for the responses.
Sadly, not the fuse. It seems the wire just where it comes out from the 'lighter' plug part is has weakened/snapped . For a while there if I wiggled that end of the cord it would work if I got it 'just right' but now it's finished.
It was suggested that someone might have a cord they no longer use (if their Garmin unit was lost/kaput/whatever). Recycling!

Was hoping to save myself a drive to Vancouver as I just don't have much spare time right now. I know about Deakins and the Broadway outdoor stores.

If it's the cord near the lighter plug it could be cut and re-soldered onto a new plug. I could do that for you.
Is it a USB connector on the GPS end?
My 76Cx uses a standard USB connector/cable

MsChief-Gps_y wrote:

Ta for the responses.
Sadly, not the fuse. It seems the wire just where it comes out from the 'lighter' plug part is has weakened/snapped . For a while there if I wiggled that end of the cord it would work if I got it 'just right' but now it's finished.
It was suggested that someone might have a cord they no longer use (if their Garmin unit was lost/kaput/whatever). Recycling!

Was hoping to save myself a drive to Vancouver as I just don't have much spare time right now. I know about Deakins and the Broadway outdoor stores.

Yes, the car cord with the round plug end for the gpsr.
Thanks mucho Landsharkz !
... I've been so busy lately I haven't had spare time for chasing around. Glad I followed up on the suggestion to ask here as that's exactly the thought: that someone has lost a compatible gpsr model and so had a cord sitting there doing nothing. And so it is.....

I also discovered an interesting tidbit about the fuses. Never touch them with your bare hands. To use a glove if you have to handle one. The sweat/oils of our hands is detrimental.

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